{"id":16906,"date":"2015-06-22T12:00:22","date_gmt":"2015-06-22T16:00:22","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/basicallybeyondbasic.com\/?p=16906"},"modified":"2023-09-06T00:02:55","modified_gmt":"2023-09-06T04:02:55","slug":"im-bringing-home-authentic-emporers-dragon-well-green-tea","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.therockysafari.com\/2015\/06\/22\/im-bringing-home-authentic-emporers-dragon-well-green-tea\/","title":{"rendered":"I&#8217;m Bringing Home Authentic Emperor&#8217;s Dragon Well Green Tea"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>After spending a couple of days in Shanghai, my friends and I visited another city in China called Hangzhou. We enjoyed\u00a0a nice\u00a0tour of a\u00a0local tea village called the Long Jing Tea Plantation at Mei Jia Wu (\u6885\u5bb6\u575e) where China&#8217;s famous Dragon Well Green Tea is grown.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-16915 size-large\" src=\"https:\/\/www.therockysafari.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/dsc04055-1024x680.jpg\" alt=\"DSC04055\" width=\"1024\" height=\"680\" srcset=\"\/cdn-cgi\/image\/width=1024,height=680,fit=crop,quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/dsc04055.jpg 1024w, \/cdn-cgi\/image\/width=300,height=199,fit=crop,quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/dsc04055.jpg 300w, \/cdn-cgi\/image\/width=768,height=510,fit=crop,quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/dsc04055.jpg 768w, \/cdn-cgi\/image\/width=1536,height=1021,fit=crop,quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/dsc04055.jpg 1536w, \/cdn-cgi\/image\/width=2048,height=1361,fit=crop,quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/dsc04055.jpg 2048w, \/cdn-cgi\/image\/width=284,height=189,fit=crop,quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/dsc04055.jpg 284w, \/cdn-cgi\/image\/width=290,height=193,fit=crop,quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/dsc04055.jpg 290w, \/cdn-cgi\/image\/width=407,height=270,fit=crop,quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/dsc04055.jpg 407w, \/cdn-cgi\/image\/width=1220,height=811,fit=crop,quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/dsc04055.jpg 1220w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Our tour guide, Susan, explained how green tea is\u00a0grown all over the\u00a0hillside of Hangzhou. Leaves are picked while\u00a0they&#8217;re still small for the best flavor. The plantations picks most\u00a0of their tea leaves in March before the rain showers follow\u00a0in April and May.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_16918\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-16918\" style=\"width: 1024px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-16918 size-large\" src=\"https:\/\/www.therockysafari.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/dsc04040-1024x680.jpg\" alt=\"DSC04040\" width=\"1024\" height=\"680\" srcset=\"\/cdn-cgi\/image\/width=1024,height=680,fit=crop,quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/dsc04040.jpg 1024w, \/cdn-cgi\/image\/width=300,height=199,fit=crop,quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/dsc04040.jpg 300w, \/cdn-cgi\/image\/width=768,height=510,fit=crop,quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/dsc04040.jpg 768w, \/cdn-cgi\/image\/width=1536,height=1021,fit=crop,quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/dsc04040.jpg 1536w, \/cdn-cgi\/image\/width=2048,height=1361,fit=crop,quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/dsc04040.jpg 2048w, \/cdn-cgi\/image\/width=290,height=193,fit=crop,quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/dsc04040.jpg 290w, \/cdn-cgi\/image\/width=407,height=270,fit=crop,quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/dsc04040.jpg 407w, \/cdn-cgi\/image\/width=800,height=532,fit=crop,quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/dsc04040.jpg 800w, \/cdn-cgi\/image\/width=512,height=340,fit=crop,quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/dsc04040.jpg 512w, \/cdn-cgi\/image\/width=1220,height=811,fit=crop,quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/dsc04040.jpg 1220w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-16918\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">A Tea Tree<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_16917\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-16917\" style=\"width: 1024px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-16917 size-large\" src=\"https:\/\/www.therockysafari.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/dsc04042-1024x680.jpg\" alt=\"DSC04042\" width=\"1024\" height=\"680\" srcset=\"\/cdn-cgi\/image\/width=1024,height=680,fit=crop,quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/dsc04042.jpg 1024w, \/cdn-cgi\/image\/width=300,height=199,fit=crop,quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/dsc04042.jpg 300w, \/cdn-cgi\/image\/width=768,height=510,fit=crop,quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/dsc04042.jpg 768w, \/cdn-cgi\/image\/width=1536,height=1021,fit=crop,quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/dsc04042.jpg 1536w, \/cdn-cgi\/image\/width=2048,height=1361,fit=crop,quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/dsc04042.jpg 2048w, \/cdn-cgi\/image\/width=290,height=193,fit=crop,quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/dsc04042.jpg 290w, \/cdn-cgi\/image\/width=407,height=270,fit=crop,quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/dsc04042.jpg 407w, \/cdn-cgi\/image\/width=800,height=532,fit=crop,quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/dsc04042.jpg 800w, \/cdn-cgi\/image\/width=512,height=340,fit=crop,quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/dsc04042.jpg 512w, \/cdn-cgi\/image\/width=1220,height=811,fit=crop,quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/dsc04042.jpg 1220w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-16917\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Susan holding a perfect tea leaf.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Our group was brought inside one of their rooms for a tea tasting demonstration. Everyone was served a cup of warm, freshly-brewed green tea.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_16919\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-16919\" style=\"width: 680px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-16919 size-large\" src=\"https:\/\/www.therockysafari.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/dsc04037-680x1024.jpg\" alt=\"DSC04037\" width=\"680\" height=\"1024\" srcset=\"\/cdn-cgi\/image\/width=680,height=1024,fit=crop,quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/dsc04037.jpg 680w, \/cdn-cgi\/image\/width=199,height=300,fit=crop,quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/dsc04037.jpg 199w, \/cdn-cgi\/image\/width=768,height=1156,fit=crop,quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/dsc04037.jpg 768w, \/cdn-cgi\/image\/width=1021,height=1536,fit=crop,quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/dsc04037.jpg 1021w, \/cdn-cgi\/image\/width=1361,height=2048,fit=crop,quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/dsc04037.jpg 1361w, \/cdn-cgi\/image\/width=290,height=436,fit=crop,quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/dsc04037.jpg 290w, \/cdn-cgi\/image\/width=407,height=612,fit=crop,quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/dsc04037.jpg 407w, \/cdn-cgi\/image\/width=800,height=1204,fit=crop,quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/dsc04037.jpg 800w, \/cdn-cgi\/image\/width=512,height=771,fit=crop,quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/dsc04037.jpg 512w, \/cdn-cgi\/image\/width=1220,height=1836,fit=crop,quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/dsc04037.jpg 1220w, \/cdn-cgi\/image\/width=1701,height=2560,fit=crop,quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/dsc04037-scaled.jpg 1701w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 680px) 100vw, 680px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-16919\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Standing before the Longjing Tea Plantation at West Lake, Hangzhou<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>While we drank our tea, a\u00a0saleswoman who\u00a0spoke excellent English told us the story\u00a0of Emperor Quianlong and Long Jing Tea. Legend has it that while Emperor Qianlong was visiting a temple in Hangzhou, he watched the women pick tea leaves.<\/p>\n<p>He was enamored with their skills and tried to do it himself. While picking leaves, he received a message that his mother, Empress Dowager, was ill and was requesting\u00a0his return to Beijing immediately.<\/p>\n<p>The Emperor shoved leaves into his sleeve and left. Upon his return, his mother noticed the smell of his leaves in his sleeves. He brewed the leaves for her. It is now said the shape of Longjing Tea is made to mimic the appearance of the flattened leave the emperor took\u00a0to brew for his ill mother.<\/p>\n<div id='gallery-1' class='gallery galleryid-16906 gallery-columns-1 gallery-size-large'><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/www.therockysafari.com\/2015\/06\/22\/im-bringing-home-authentic-emporers-dragon-well-green-tea\/dsc04061\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"704\" height=\"468\" src=\"\/cdn-cgi\/image\/width=1024,height=680,fit=crop,quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/dsc04061.jpg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large\" alt=\"\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-16914\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<figcaption class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-16914'>\n\t\t\t\tTea leaves\n\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/www.therockysafari.com\/2015\/06\/22\/im-bringing-home-authentic-emporers-dragon-well-green-tea\/dsc04070\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"704\" height=\"468\" src=\"\/cdn-cgi\/image\/width=1024,height=680,fit=crop,quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/dsc04070.jpg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large\" alt=\"\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-16913\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<figcaption class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-16913'>\n\t\t\t\tSteeping green tea\n\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/www.therockysafari.com\/2015\/06\/22\/im-bringing-home-authentic-emporers-dragon-well-green-tea\/dsc04071\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"704\" height=\"468\" src=\"\/cdn-cgi\/image\/width=1024,height=680,fit=crop,quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/dsc04071.jpg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large\" alt=\"\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-16912\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<figcaption class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-16912'>\n\t\t\t\tCheers!\n\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\n<p>After allowing us to taste the green tea, the saleswoman\u00a0told us that she is their village&#8217;s most famous tea packer. She\u00a0pulled out a higher grade of their Dragon Well Green Tea called the Emperor&#8217;s Dragon Well Green Tea. It is a more potent version that packs more flavor into fewer leaves. She started\u00a0scooping and packing the tea leaves\u00a0tightly into tea containers and asking for buyers.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_16910\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-16910\" style=\"width: 1024px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-16910 size-large\" src=\"https:\/\/www.therockysafari.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/dsc04083-1024x680.jpg\" alt=\"Emperor's Dragon Well Green Tea\" width=\"1024\" height=\"680\" srcset=\"\/cdn-cgi\/image\/width=1024,height=680,fit=crop,quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/dsc04083.jpg 1024w, \/cdn-cgi\/image\/width=300,height=199,fit=crop,quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/dsc04083.jpg 300w, \/cdn-cgi\/image\/width=768,height=510,fit=crop,quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/dsc04083.jpg 768w, \/cdn-cgi\/image\/width=1536,height=1021,fit=crop,quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/dsc04083.jpg 1536w, \/cdn-cgi\/image\/width=2048,height=1361,fit=crop,quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/dsc04083.jpg 2048w, \/cdn-cgi\/image\/width=290,height=193,fit=crop,quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/dsc04083.jpg 290w, \/cdn-cgi\/image\/width=407,height=270,fit=crop,quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/dsc04083.jpg 407w, \/cdn-cgi\/image\/width=800,height=532,fit=crop,quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/dsc04083.jpg 800w, \/cdn-cgi\/image\/width=512,height=340,fit=crop,quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/dsc04083.jpg 512w, \/cdn-cgi\/image\/width=1220,height=811,fit=crop,quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/dsc04083.jpg 1220w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-16910\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Emperor&#8217;s Dragon Well Green Tea<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>I went\u00a0to China with the intention of buying authentic tea. Although expensive, the opportunity to buy high quality tea arose and I couldn&#8217;t pass it up. This was my chance. I threw my arm up into the air. Since\u00a0I was one of the first three people to commit, the saleswoman\u00a0threw in a second additional free container filled with\u00a0tea for me.<\/p>\n<p>I ended up purchasing\u00a0a\u00a0large container of Emperor&#8217;s Dragon Well Green Tea, a container of Green Tea polyphenol Supplements, and\u00a0two small free bonus\u00a0containers of tea. It all came out to around 100.00 US dollars. Expensive? Yes. Worth it? I&#8217;d say so.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_16923\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-16923\" style=\"width: 720px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-16923 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/www.therockysafari.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/11412318_10200621219888880_8251192837093080046_n.jpg\" alt=\"Tea Saleswoman\" width=\"720\" height=\"960\" srcset=\"\/cdn-cgi\/image\/width=720,height=960,fit=crop,quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/11412318_10200621219888880_8251192837093080046_n.jpg 720w, \/cdn-cgi\/image\/width=225,height=300,fit=crop,quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/11412318_10200621219888880_8251192837093080046_n.jpg 225w, \/cdn-cgi\/image\/width=290,height=387,fit=crop,quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/11412318_10200621219888880_8251192837093080046_n.jpg 290w, \/cdn-cgi\/image\/width=407,height=543,fit=crop,quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/11412318_10200621219888880_8251192837093080046_n.jpg 407w, \/cdn-cgi\/image\/width=512,height=683,fit=crop,quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/11412318_10200621219888880_8251192837093080046_n.jpg 512w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 720px) 100vw, 720px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-16923\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">So excited to enjoy my new tea!<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>I can&#8217;t wait to enjoy this tea and to share it with my family back at home!<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"border-top-left-radius: 2px; 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